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By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 September 2007 This week, the World Bank is launching an unusual initiative to get Africans living in Europe to invest back home - through a competition, complete with cash prizes, for the best development projects targeting s

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 25 September 2007 Plans for a sugar factory in Kenya's Tana River Delta have ignited a bitter dispute between conservation groups and economic officials. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, opponents argue development could

NPR 2009-02-02

Key Senate Democrats say they are willing to consider changes to their economic stimulus proposal. Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois. We're very open, very open to this. For instance, some of the Republicans have been saying to us, 'Put more money

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VOA常速英语2007年-Opening Positions Spark Debate at Global Climat

By Trish Anderton Bali 05 December 2007 At the U.N. conference on Global Climate Change in Bali, the early talk has focused on whether some of the major developed countries will commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years. European

VOA常速英语2007年-Kenya Parliament Nominations Spark Violent Prot

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音乐咖啡厅:I still believe

still believe by Mariah Carey You look in my eyes And I get emotional inside I know it's crazy but You still can touch my heart And after all this time You'd think that I Wouldn't feel the same But time melts into nothing And nothing's changed I sti

VOA标准英语2008年-Foreign Cheerleaders Spark Controversy in India

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 02 May 2008 In India, controversy has erupted around foreign cheerleaders brought in to provide entertainment for a newly-launched cricket tournament. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, many of the cheerleaders ha

英语歌曲:Your Everything

Your Everything 歌手：keith urban The first time I looked in your eyes I knew That I would do anything for you The first time you touched my face I felt Like Ive never felt with anyone else I wana give back what youve givin to me And I wanna witne

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英语歌曲:I still believe

I still believe by Mariah Carey You look in my eyes And I get emotional inside I know it's crazy but You still can touch my heart And after all this time You'd think that I Wouldn't feel the same But time melts into nothing And nothing's changed I st

天籁音乐:Firework-Katy Perry

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Itay's beleaguered Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is to resign after parliament passed crucial economic reforms on Tuesday aimed at stabilizing Italy's economy. The growing political crisis is spreading across the 17-nation eurozone. Italy's parlia

塞总统要求贷款人解除银行限制

NICOSIA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades has made an appeal to the leaders of international lenders to urgently lift controls on bank transactions in a letter made public on Tuesday. Restrictions on bank transactions were int

GRE试题一(3)

24. The primary purpose of the passage is to (A) analyze an interesting feature of the English language (B) refute a belief held by some linguists (C) show that economic theory is relevant to linguisti